Atrophy of skeletal tissue refers to the loss of muscle mass and strength due to lack of use or decreased physical activity. It can also occur as a result of aging, injury, or certain medical conditions. Atrophy can be reversed through physical exercise and rehabilitation programs designed to increase muscle mass and improve functional capacity.
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Osteoporosis. It is characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue, leading to increased risk of fractures. Regular exercise and a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D can help prevent or manage osteoporosis.
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Diffuse global atrophy, or diffuse brain atrophy, is when the brain shrinks in size. It's more severe than the atrophy that occurs normally with aging.
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Atrophy is the deterioration of muscle. An example of atrophy in a sentence would be "Due to Samantha's leg injury, and her inability to bear weight, the physical therapist noticed signs of atrophy."
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Atrophy is the wearing away of an organ or tissue because of lack of use. Bone Atrophy, obviously, is atrophy of bones.
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The root word of "atrophy" is "trophe," which means nourishment in Greek. The prefix "a-" in "atrophy" signifies a lack of nourishment or wasting away.
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363.50 = Hereditary choroidal dystrophy or atrophy, unspecified
A more appropriate code may be 377.1 = Optic atrophy
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Atrophy is tired, lethargic, etc.
Necrosis is dying or dead
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Disuse of a muscle causes atrophy, which is a shrinking of muscle fibers leading to weakness. With use, the atrophy can be reversed.
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Diffuse global atrophy, or diffuse brain atrophy, is when the brain shrinks in size. It's more severe than the atrophy that occurs normally with aging.
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Atrophy
actually that would be atrophy...
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Muscles that are not regularly exercised will usually atrophy and lose strength.
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I would expect testosterone to prevent or reverse atrophy of the testes.
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Atrophy
actually that would be atrophy...
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Symptoms of optic atrophy are a change in the optic disc and a decrease in visual function
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Atropos is the name of one of the Greek fates, along with Clotho and Lachesis. It is possible that atrophy is derivative of atropos, but not the other way around.
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Myocardial atrophy is a condition where the heart chambers decrease in size. The heart muscle atrophy or shrink because of cancer or other similar conditions.
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There is no treatment for cortical atrophy of the brain; just support and nursing care.
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atrophy is a decrease in muscle mass. Hypertrophy is muscle growth.
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Muscular atrophy
The term you are probably looking for is atrophy. Atrophy is a weakening of the muscles that occurs after long periods where they are not used. It doesn't describe the time period, but rather the result.
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Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive disease. The severity of spinal muscular atrophy varies, and is the most common genetic cause of infant death.
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Sudeck's atrophy is a radiographic term for spotty rarefaction seen in patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
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Optic atrophy may also be referred to as optic nerve head pallor
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cardiac atrophy!
a wasting of heart muscle usually caused by cachexia, aging, or a mediastinal tumor.
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Pap smears are no longer used to detect cell atrophy.
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Progressive Retina Atrophy is a dominant genetic disorder.
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Optic Atrophy and Epilepsy are not connected. Optic Atrophy is usually due to damage to the optic nerve. Epilepsy is normally due to increased electrical activity in the brain.
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Sven Brandt has written:
'Werdnig-Hoffmann's infantile progressive muscular atrophy' -- subject(s): Atrophy, Muscular, Diseases, In infancy and childhood, Infants, Muscular atrophy
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It's important to do light exercise until you heal so your muscles won't atrophy.
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The United States of Atrophy - 2011 was released on:
USA: April 2011
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The myofibrils are cells in the muscle that provide energy to them and to atrophy is to shrink or become less, so myofibril atrophy is the shrinking or lessening or those cells within the muscle for any reason(such as lack of exercise or injury)
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The two prominent muscles affected in muscle atrophy are the quadriceps (thigh muscles) and the gastrocnemius (calf muscles). Both of these muscles are commonly affected in cases of disuse atrophy or prolonged immobilization.
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The most common form of spinal muscular atrophy is childhood proximal SMA.
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as long as there is muscle in the body than atrophy can be minimized rather than arrested; as in not able to use...
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